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US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S.

Dec 17, 2024 11:58 AM Read more >

US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S.

Dec 17, 2024 11:52 AM Read more >

Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a seventh woman

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman.

Dec 17, 2024 11:07 AM Read more >

France rushes aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescuers and supplies to Mayotte on Monday after the tiny French island territory off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century.

Dec 17, 2024 10:22 AM Read more >

Father and stepmother sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in England

LONDON (AP) — The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murder.

Dec 17, 2024 6:58 AM Read more >

Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson won't face extradition by Denmark to Japan - lawyer

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, the Danish Justice Ministry and defense lawyers said.

Dec 17, 2024 5:25 AM Read more >

Father and stepmother sent to prison for life in the killing of a 10-year-old girl in England

LONDON (AP) — The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murder.

Dec 17, 2024 5:10 AM Read more >

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed from prison in Denmark and won't be extradited to Japan

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Denmark on Tuesday and he will not be extradited to Japan, his lawyer told The Associated Press.

Dec 17, 2024 4:26 AM Read more >

The head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) — Lt.

Dec 16, 2024 10:36 PM Read more >

Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis.

Dec 16, 2024 8:12 PM Read more >